Gov. Dannel Malloy, Attorney General George Jepsen, Congressman Chris Murphy and the rest of the delegation, and others, were paralyzed by their dependence on future support from the state's labor unions. Their fear, and it was no doubt well-placed, was that turning on Donovan would be perceived as turning on labor. So they stayed out of it. Even as the FBI swooped in to arrest more of his campaign staff. Even as the language in indictments brought the scandal closer to the candidate himself.